Te Papaiouru Marae

The marae's carved wharenui (meeting house), Tamatekapua, is named after Tama-te-kapua, the chief or captain of the Te Arawa canoe, which came to New Zealand from Polynesia in about 1350.

[1] Tamatekapua meeting house was first opened in the centre of Ohinemutu in 1873, but was demolished in 1939.

An earlier Tamatekapua meeting house stood on Mokoia Island in Lake Rotorua.

Te Kotahitanga (the Māori parliament) met at Ohinemutu in 1895, and many significant people have been welcomed onto Te Papaiouru Marae, including British royalty.

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Tamatekapua is the wharenui or meeting house on Te Papaiouru marae
Men performing a haka on Te Papaiouru Marae, circa 1908